tonight as we come on the air. intelligence officials tell congress russia is at it again. is vladimir putin trying to get president trump re-elected? what we're learning tonight as the president berates his intelligence chief. sentenced to prison: a federal judge orders president trump's longtime friend and political adviser to serve hard time. so why is the president now saying roger stone has a good chance of being exonerated? damage control: after a bruisins on the attack against bernie sanders as his campaign tries to regroup. plus the candidates now cashing in on their night in las vegas. inside the fight against coronavirus. as more americans are released from federal quarantine, we go inside the isolation zone. what life is like for patients here in the u.s. with the deadly

virus. rescued from an inferno-- a truck loaded with jet fuel slams into a guardrail, exploding on a busy interstate. tonight, the daring move by strangers to save the driver. emergency landing: flames spew from the back of a plane as it slams into the runway at daytona beach, shutting down the airport. the late details tonight. urgent recall-- nearly six million water bottles pulled from the shelves. the hazard that could put your child at risk. stroke of inspiration: how an artist is using her unique talent to tell the story of the person who inspired her. and fertility breakthrough: a new innovation that could help women with cancer have children even after treatment. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news because cbs

news has learned that the u.s. intelligence community believes vladimir putin is at it again, trying to interfere in this year's presidential campaign. sources say the official responsible for overseeing election security told members of congress in a top-secret briefing that russia is actively working to get president trump re-elected. now, the new intelligence is bound to open old wounds less than a year after robert mueller finished his investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. major garrett has the new reporting tonight. >> reporter: sources tell cbs news president trump was furious election interference. he was not informed the house briefing would take place, and according to one senior administration official, "blew his stack and repeatedly used an expletive." the briefing to the house intelligence committee took place on february 13. the director of national intelligence's top staffer on election security, shelby pearson, told lawmakers russia is working to help president

trump get re-elected. however, sources say there was intense bipartisan push-back on her assertions and questions about the strength of the evidence. the intelligence community concluded in 2016 that russia ddhad t d elmeection tino candidate trus benefit, and it has been on guard about renewed efforts this year. >> we certainly are seeing and have never stopped seeing, really, since 2016, efforts to engage and malign foreign influence by the russians. >> reporter: there are also reports tonight the president berated his acting d.n.i., joseph maguire just yesterday president trump announced he was naming his ambassador to germany richard grenell as the new acting director of the national intelligence agency. it is unclear, norah, if this move on grenell is related to the president's anger about this intelligence assessment and assertion. annel m otg on ro>>ger stone, the longtime adviser to president trump, has

been sentenced to three years and four months in prison. a federal judge called stone's lies to congress a threat to democracy. but late today, the president hinted at a pardon, saying stone's conviction on seven felony counts isn't fair. we have two reports. weijia jiang is at the white house, but let's go first to jeff pegues at the federal courthouse in washington, jeff. >> reporter: norah, that sentencing was really extraordinary. during the two-and-a-half-hour hearing the judge repeatedly scolded roger stone for witness tampering and lying to congress. always ready for the cameras, roger stone smiled as he left court today, but inside, he was silent and emotionless as judge amy berman jackson handed down the 40-month sentence. jackson, who had been pressured by the president on twitter to go easy on stone, said the longtime presidential friend was "prosecuted not for standing up for the president but for covering up for the president." >> politics in america is a contact sport. >> reporter: stone told us last year he liked being known as a dirty trickster.

for decades he was one of the most colorful political operatives in america and the first to convince trump he could win the presidency. >> i actually have communicated with assange. >> reporter: but the candidate fired stone in 2015, and his alleged involvement with wikileaks founder julian assange, who'd obtained stolen democratic party emails, got him wrapped up in the mueller investigation... >> lock him up! >> reporter: ...and led to his eventual downfall. jeff pegues, cbs news, washington. >> reporter: i'm weijia jiang at the white house. president trump told an audience of ex-convicts in colorado they would understand better than anyone that roger stone deserves a second chance. >> and i'm following this very closely, and i want to see it play o to itfulles becau roger has a very good chance of exoneration, in my opinion. >> reporter: the president stopped short of granting a pardon to his longtime adviser who has reportedly told friends he would like one.

senator lindsey graham, one of mr. trump's fiercest allies, said the president has all the legal authority in the world to review this case in terms of commuting the sentence or pardoning mr. stone. just two days ago president trump granted 11 people the clemency that would set stone free. >> at some point, i'll make a determination. but roger stone and everybody has to be treated fairly. and this has not been a fair process. >> reporter: house democrat adam schiff, who led the effort to impeach president trump, said roger stone committed crimes linked to the russia investigation to protect the president, and that pardoning stone would be a "breathtaking act of corruption." norah. >> o'donnell: all right, weijia, thank you. mike bloomberg is fighting back after a rough outing in last night's democratic debate. rivals took turns bashing him over his record as a mayor and businessman. today, bloomberg said all the inghting lves on one rl

winner-- president trump. ed o'keefe is on the campaign trail in las vegas. >> how do you think you did last night, mr. mayor? >> fine, thank you. >> reporter: after a bruising debate night, mike bloomberg flew to the super tuesday state of utah to regain his footing, attacking the democratic frontrunner senator bernie sanders. >> i worry we may very well be on the way to nominating somebody who cannot win in november. >> reporter: the sanders team tells us the debate didn't change the state of the race, bloomberg's campaign and other moderates warned time is running out to keep him from racking up so many legates that he catn' >> this election is too important, the stakes are too high, and we cannot afford to get it wrong. >> reporter: but some fellow democrats don't think bloomberg is the right guy, either, especially after a debate where he had to defend his wealth and business practices. >> we have a very few nondisclosure agreements. >> how many is that? >> let me finish. >> how many is that? >> none of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe

they didn't like a joke i told. >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren spent much of last night on the attack and was back at it again today. >> of all the people standing on that stage, he is the riskiest one for the democrats. >> reporter: the infighting comes as polls from some key swing states find all of the democrats on state last night would defeat president trump in michigan and pennsylvania. but the president would beat all of them in wisconsin.orad theret focused on his democratic opponents. >> bloomberg made a fool out of himself last night. how about klobuchar, did you see her? she choked. >> o'donnell: and ed joins us now from las vegas. and, ed, what are you hearing from the bloomberg campaign about that performance last night? >> reporter: well, even some members of his team admit, norah, that he took some hits last night, and he's not going to be seen in public again until next tuesday's debate, spending the next wn, their campaigns say they both

had a huge fund-raising night, raising seven figures in the hours after the debate. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, thank you. and there's a lot more for the cadidates to debate, so a reminder, gayle king and i will be in charleston, south carolina, moderating that next presidential democratic debate. as i mentioned, that's tuesday night beginning at 8:00 eastern, right here on cbs. break news just coming in. let's to go to the cbs news desk for the latest details. >> reporter: norah we're learning police aced an idaho mother of two children who had not been seen since september. police said they were missing. she and husband chad turned up recently in hawaii. police on island of kauai charged her with two fonyd nonsupport of her two children. she was also charged with resisting or obstructing officers and contempt of court. she missed a deadline in january

to bring her children to authorities in idaho. they both have previous spouses who died under suspicious circumstances, according to authorities. they were island hopping around hawaii amid concerns about why there had not yet been an arrest. valo will attend a hearing on kauai whether she will waive or extradite back to idaho. fears about the economic impact of coronavirus shook wall street today. the dow, nasdaq, and s&p-500 all posted losses for the day. more than 2,200 people have died from the virus, mostly in china, home to the world's second- largest economy. those are new numbers tonight. carter evans now with an update on a new group of americans just out of quarantine. >> reporter: the latest american evacuees released from federal quarantin airports in california... >> we're good to go so i'm just excited to go back to work. >> reporter: ...and nebraska. >> and the really, really important thing to know is these people pose no health threat to their communities.

>> reporter: but many more are still in quarantine or a biocontainment unit for those who have the virus. here's a look inside the nebraska facility where 13 people are being treated. it was previously used for ebola patients. >> we left from tokyo. >> reporter: jerri larson jorgensen is infected and in medical isolation in japan. she was a passenger on the "diamond princess" and just found out her saga will continue, even after she's virus-free. >> when i get out of the hospital, i will start the 14- day quarantine all over again. >> reporter: as the rest of the passengers are released from quarantine on the ship, we're learning about the first deaths from the crews-- a man and a woman in their 80s died in the f a hoal med director in wuhan who died from the virus chasing the hearse with her husband's body. and here in california, 17 people who either have the virus or have symptoms are being treated in area hospitals, and

tonight, a medical center in spokane, washington, confirms it's now treating four evacuees who were transferred from travis air force base, just outside san francisco. norah. >> o'donnell: new developments every day on this story, carter. thank you. there was a daring rescue today on an indiana highway with flames all around them. good samaritans pulled a driver out of his truck after it flipped and caught fire. adriana diaz has all the details. >> oh! >> reporter: as flames and black gmoke engulfed the interstate on the east side of indianapolis, fire crews raced to the scene. reporr: t tanker, caring an estimed 400 gallons of jet fuel, overturned just before 2:00 p.m. when the driver crossing the overpass hit the guardrail, forcing the tanker to flip over, split open, and explode. >> once that tanker opened up

and caught fire the fuel actually traveled back on both sides of the bridge. >> reporter: three good samaritans ran toward the wall of fire and rescued the driver before the explosion. >> without question, those good samaritans saved this driver's life. >> reporter: alive, but in critical condition with serious burns. the fire is out, but the wreckage remains. adriana diaz, cbs news. >> o'donnell: tonight, german chancellor angela merkel blaming what she calls the poison of racism for a deadly terror attack near frankfurt. the gunman killed nine strangers, mostly immigrants, last night, before killing his mother and himself. investigators say he posted a video filled with conspiracy theories and left a manifesto calling for the purification of germany. tonight, we want to tell you about some new hope for cancer patients who wish to have a baby. a 34-year-old cancer survivor has become the first to give birth through a rare type of fertility treatment. meg oliver has more on what's being called a breakthrough in reproductive science.

>> you could see, like on my neck ... >> reporter: last year, days before her 23rd birthday roshni kamta was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. >> i just couldn't believe that it was happening. >> reporter: does breast cancer run in your family? >> no. >> reporter: in addition to the cancer shock, kamta only had days to freeze her eggs before chemotherapy could start. she spent almost two weeks stimulating her eggs for retrieval. >> i just wanted, like, more time to, like, think. >> reporter: it's a conversation going beyond doctors' offices and into prime-time story lines. >> i've always imagined that one day i would be a mom. >> reporter: this week a french doctor announced they skipped a step, using a technique called in vitro maturation, or i.v.m. in a first of its kind case, a baby was born through i.v.m. and egg freezing to a mother left infertile from cancer. >> i think this is very exciting news, this report. things simpler for our patients.

>> reporter: compared to i.v.m., the standard technique of removing mature eggs has had a much higher success rate. i.v.m. doesn't require hormone stimulation, doctors remove immature eggs and let them mature in a lab before freezing them. they can be implanted years later. would that have been a good option to be able to consider? >> yeah, that would have been awesome to do because, like, i didn't even know if i was doing the shots right. >> reporter: there are only a handful of clinics in the world offering i.v.m., which is still considered experimental. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. there is still much more news ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." millions of children's water bottles are being recalled tonight over a potential choking hazard. and we'll explain why this plane left a trail of flames as it came in for a landing. and later, an artist's gift: how she's helping to tell the story of an american hero.

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